Format:
Online-Ressource (604 p)
ISBN:
9789004215672
Series Statement:
Aries Book Series v.14
Content:
Drawing on recent scholarship on the history of Western esotericism and religious studies on the importance of millenarian thought in Early Modern Europe, this study provides an innovative re-examination of Peter the Great's Court in early eighteenth-century Russia
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Transliteration, Translations, Biblical Citations and Dates; Acknowledgements; Prelude: Quirinus Kuhlmann's Millenarian Mission to Moscowin 1689; Introduction; Part One Jacobite Servitors; Chapter One Jacob Bruce (1669-1735): A Scientific Sorcerer at the Court of Peter the Great; Introduction; Scottish Jacobite Roots; Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrology: Early Training in the Foreign Quarter in Moscow and in London in 1698; Natural Philosophy; Alchemy and Mysticism; Religion; Advancement of Learning; Conclusion
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Chapter Two Robert Erskine (1677-1718): An Iatrochemist at the Petrine CourtIntroduction; Robert Erskine's Ancestry and Jacobite Links; Medicine and Alchemy: An Iatrochemist at the Petrine Court; Erskine the Chemical Philosopher; Erskine, Balneology and His Treatment of Peter the Great; Astral and Divine Medicine; Erskine and Natural Philosophy; Erskine the Natural Philosopher; Erskine and Religion; Conclusion; Part Two Ukrainian Clerics; Chapter Three Stefan Iavorskii (1658-1722): An Esoteric Wordsmith at the Cout of Peter the Great; Introduction; Iavorskii's Kievan Period
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For Tsar and Country: The Apocalyptic, Mystical and Esoteric Sermons of Stefan IavorskiiConclusion; Chapter Four Mystical Orthodoxy, Progressive Pietism and Esoteric Science: The Eclectic Worldview of Feofan Prokopovich (1681-1736); Introduction; Prokopovich's Theological System: Introduction; Prokopovich's Natural Philosophy: Introduction; Prokopovich's Educational Vision: Pietism and the Petrine Instauration; Conclusion; Part Three Peter the Great; Introduction; Chapter Five Peter the Great's Divine Mission; Peter the Great's Divine Mission; Peter the Great as King David
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The Prophetic Significance of the Nystad Peace of 1721St. Petersburg as 'New Jerusalem'; Chapter Six The Role of Religion and Esotericism in Shaping Peter the Great's Vision of Scientific Reform; Introduction; Francis Lee's Vision of Scientific Reform in Russia; Gottfried Leibniz's Vision of Scientific Reform in Russia; Collecting and Marvelling at the Curious: Peter the Great and the Development of the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera; Towards an Academy of Sciences; The Esoteric Interests of Peter the Great; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A Alchemical Authors and Works in Bruce's Library
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Appendix B Notable Esoteric Works in Bruce's LibraryAppendix C Alchemical Authors and Works in Erskine's Library; Appendix D Notable Esoteric Texts in Erskine's Library; Appendix E Alchemical Authors and Works in Prokopovich's Library; Appendix F Notable Esoteric Works in Prokopovich'sLibrary; Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004224391
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004215672
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Petrine Instauration : Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725
Language:
English
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